Preston Manning

Preston Manning (10 June 1942-) was leader of the Reform Party of Canada from 1 November 1987 to 25 March 2000, also serving as Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000.

Biography
Preston Manning was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1942, hte son of the former leader of the Social Credit Party, Ernest C. Manning. He graduated from the University of Alberta and became a management consultant. In 1987, he was chosen to lead the Reform Party of Canada at its founding congress, and he organized a brilliant election campaign in 1993, when he and 51 other party members were elected to the House of Commons. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Leader of the Opposition, and his party evolved into the Canadian Alliance, which then merged into the Conservative Party of Canada. Manning retired from politics in 2002.